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Evidence study no. 25 of the motion picture industry (1933)

Record Details:

Title:
Evidence study no. 25 of the motion picture industry
Date:
1933
Publisher:
New York : D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
Volume:
The motion picture industry
Leaf #:
000435
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion picture industry
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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Foreign Problems <^ ^> <^ <^ <^ ^> 413 companies.17 The following table shows the apportionment of the market for 1929. Exhibit 38 Feature Film Distribution in France, 1929* Source of Production Number Source of Production Number France 52 Sweden 1 United States 211 Poland 1 Germany 130 Czechoslovakia 1 Italy 3 Armenia 1 Great Britain 23 Miscellaneous 2 Russia 9 Denmark 3 Total 437 * Source: Cinematographic Francaise, January, 1930. The production of motion pictures in France was stimulated by the protection afforded. The following table shows the increase in the average cost of the productions. Exhibit 39 Production of French Feature Films, 1924-1928 Number of Approximate Year Feature Films Cost per Film 1924 68 1925 . 73 1926 55 1927 74 $30,000 1928 94 40,000 The number of companies engaged in production was greater than the number in the United States, many companies producing a single feature film and no company making more than 10 pictures during the year. The largest producers in the United States offered from 40 to 70 feature pictures each year. The average cost per film was considerably less than that of American companies, many of whose feature pictures were made at costs in excess of $500,000. The annual business of French producing companies in 1928 in the domestic and foreign markets was estimated at 17 See Howard T. Lewis, op. cit., p. 455,